Given their experience, John Jaso and Wade LeBlanc are looking forward to playing in front of the current generation of Little Leaguers when the Pirates play the Cardinals in MLB's first Little League Classic on Sunday in Williamsport, Pa. (7 p.m. ET, ESPN).

With Francisco Cervelli unable to start Thursday night at PNC Park, the Pirates placed the veteran catcher on the disabled list due to left wrist inflammation and recalled infielder Max Moroff from Triple-A Indianapolis to reshape their bench.

Chad Bettis is back in the major leagues after a battle with cancer and was greeted warmly by those in attendance at Coors Field.Late last year, Bettis was diagnosed with testicular cancer. In March, doctors found the disease had spread and Bettis would need to undergo chemotherapy, which he did. Bettis finished his treatments in May and was back pitching in the minor leagues by...

Andrew McCutchen was forced to leave Friday’s game against the Blue Jays early due to discomfort in his knee.During the third inning, McCutchen hit a double to give the Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead over Toronto. Not long after, he appeared to experience some discomfort in his left knee while leading off of second base. You can see McCutchen wincing below. McCutchen would limp off the...

The Rangers have claimed righty Jhan Marinez off waivers from the Pirates, per an announcement from Texas. Marinez had been designated for assignment over the weekend.
Marinez, 28, already moved from the Brewers to the Bucs this year after a previous trip through DFA limbo. He has seen extensive action in the majors over the past two seasons after sporadic time earlier in his career...

The Pirates are staring at the possibility of Jung Ho Kang not wearing their uniform ever again due to issues surrounding his work visa.Earlier this year, Kang entered a treatment program following an arrest for DUI in his native South Korea. It was his third such arrest since 2009.Kang has been unable to obtain a work visa and with the season heading towards the home stretch, it’s...

After putting serious thought into being sellers at the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates ultimately decided to stand pat for the most part. Their former closer, Tony Watson, was the only player traded from the big league roster. The Pirates traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two prospects, infielder Oneil Cruz and relief pitcher Angel German. It made the most sense to...

In case you didn’t notice, there are idiots among us. They exist in all walks of life. We see them every day on social media and in real life.Joshua Hanshaw, 35, of West Virginia is among these people.The man broke into the locker room of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Single-A team, the West Virginia Power, on Thursday morning. According to a local ABC affiliate, he was ultimately...

Andrew McCutchen has been feeling it for a little while now. (Photo: Keith Allison)
Interviews are often meandering things that you have to corral in order to make sense of anything. Every once in a while, though, you get a player with a cadence that should remain unbroken and a subject that provides them with a runway — why stand in the way? I once did this with J.D. Martinez...

The Pittsburgh Pirates come into play on Wednesday with 66/1 odds on becoming World Series champions. Admittedly, that is still a rather far-fetched figure, one that still puts them behind 13 other teams in a playoff field that only qualifies 10 teams in whole.No matter the teams ahead of them, that number shows a glimmer of hope for a team that has spent much of the season with...

May 23, 2017.
After going 0-for-5 in a loss to the Atlanta Braves, Andrew McCutchen saw his batting average slide to .200. One sports writer claims he's hit "rock bottom" and says the 2013 NL MVP has been "the worst player in a Pirates uniform this season." You'd be hard-pressed to find a fan who disagrees with him.
Sixty-four days later, McCutchen is a huge reason why Pittsburgh...

The Tacoma Rainiers took on the Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday in an otherwise unremarkable Triple-A baseball contest. The remarkable part took place before the game.Relief pitcher Mark Lowe, infielder D.J. Peterson, first baseman Dan Vogelbach, and pitcher Pat Light didn’t want to have to get up at 3 a.m. in order to take the team flight from Phoenix alongside the rest of...

Ever since the Pirates drafted Andrew McCutchen in 2005, expectations were high for the star outfielder, who batted .709 with 16 home runs in his senior year at Fort Meade High School. After establishing himself as the face of the Pirates franchise, some thought he was on a path to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In the first few years of his young career, McCutchen transformed from a...

The Pirates and Cardinals are division rivals, so when the two teams meet, both fans and players really get into it.So when Jedd Gyorko crushed a two-run dinger in the first inning of Friday’s game, a Pirates fan in the stands who caught the ball wanted to show how he felt about it.And by that, we mean he took the ball and threw it into the Allegheny River in disgust. Nice throw.

Even while playing in a surprisingly weak NL Central, the Pittsburgh Pirates still find themselves seven games out of first place with a 42-47 record at the all-star break. A playoff berth this year was by no means a guarantee, however most around the league expected this Pirates team to be a bit more competitive than they have been.
Between injuries and the suspension of star outfielder...

It’s really easy to get distracted during a Major League Baseball game. And actually, there’s nothing wrong with it, so long as you’re a fan and not one of the people actually playing the game.Such was the hard lesson Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell was reminded of Thursday during the third inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies.Phillies batter Andres...

In 2013, Jeff Locke had a rock-solid 3.52 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was named to the All-Star Game. Since then, things haven’t gone as swimmingly for the left-hander.Locke saw his ERA rise to 3.91 in 2014, then 4.49 in 2015, and 5.44 in 2016. The Pirates designated Locke for assignment in November and he went on to sign a one-year deal with the Miami Marlins.Well, Locke...

The 2017 edition of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball has thus far elicited a collective yawn from Bucco Nation. As the All-Star break draws near, the fourth-place Pirates remain stuck in a rut of mediocrity noteworthy only for its metronomic consistency: 4-6 over the last 10 outings, 10-10 over the last 20, and 13-17 over the last month. Tick, tock. Win, loss.
A glance at the...

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